30/12/2016
MEN'S JANUARY RANKINGS
Kiwi Coll Starts New Year Inside Top 20
After securing the biggest title win of his career during December's
PSA M100 Channel VAS Championship, New Zealand's Paul Coll has
jumped a colossal 13 places on the January PSA Men's World Rankings,
released today (Jan 1), to break into the World's Top 20 for the
first time in his career and become the first New Zealander since
Ross Norman in 1995 to break the Top 20.
Coll stunned the field to triumph in Weybridge, England, coming
through qualification before by downing a succession of higher
ranked opponents to claim the prize and is rewarded with a seismic
jump in the rankings that also sees him become just the sixth Kiwi
man ever to reach the Top 20 after Norman, who reached a career high
of No.2, Stuart Davenport (3), Bruce Brownlee (6), Rory Watt (14)
and Paul Steel (18).
Egyptian Tarek Momen, the man Coll beat in last month's
title-decider, also jumps up three places to World No.8 - his
highest position since May 2016 - as part of a seven strong Egyptian
contingent occupying places amongst the Top 10, led by 25-year-old
Mohamed ElShorbagy who maintains his place at the summit of the
Men's Rankings for a 14th consecutive month.
A recent return to form for former World No.1 James Willstrop, the
33-year-old Englishman, see him sitting on the cusp of breaking into
the Top 10 for the first time since undergoing career-threatening
hip surgery in 2014 as he climbs four places to No.11, just ahead of
rising Egyptian talent Fares Dessouky, who rises two places to
No.14.
England's Daryl Selby, Spaniard Borja Golan and Hong Kong's Max Lee
all move up one position inside the Top 20 while Australian Cameron
Pilley is the biggest faller this month, draping six places to
No.18, just above compatriot Ryan Cuskelly,
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